Anton Pann

Anton Pann (born Antonie Pantoleon-Petroveanu, and also mentioned as Anton Pantoleon or Petrovici; 1790s—2 November 1854), was an Ottoman-born Wallachian composer, musicologist, and Romanian-language poet, also noted for his activities as a printer, translator, and schoolteacher. Pann was an influential folklorist and collector of proverbs, as well as a lexicographer and textbook author.

Works

Literary works

• Versuri musiceşti / [Musical Lyrics]
• Culegere de proverburi sau Povestea vorbei / [Collection of Proverbs or the Story of the Word], Bucharest, 1847; Chişinău: Litera, 1998.
• Adiata / [Testament]

Textbooks

• Noul Erotocrit, Sibiu, 1837. (in Romanian Cyrillic)
• Bazul teoretic şi practic al muzicii bisericeşti sau Gramatica melodică / [The Theoretical and Practical Basis of Church music or the Melodic Grammar], Bucharest, 1847
• Dialog în trei limbi, ruseşte, româneşte şi turceşte / [Dialog in Three Languages: Russian, Romanian and Turkish]
• Mică gramatică muzicală teoretică şi practică / [Concise Musical Grammar, Theoretical and Practical]
• Despre învăţătură / Anda' o siklipe' , trans. Sorin-Aurel Sandu, illustrated by Eugen Raportoru, UNICEF Romania, 2005 (in Romani).

Literature

• G. Dem Teodorescu, Viaţa şi activitatea lui Anton Pann, Editura Gutemberg, 1893.
• Paul Cornea, Anton Pann, Bucharest: ELU, 1964.
• Ilie Dan, Anton Pann, Bucharest: Albatros, 1989.
• Pr. Grigorie Băbuş, Bibliografia tipăriturilor psaltice ale lui Anton Pann, Bucharest: Editura Cristiana, 2002.
• Constantin Mohanu, Anton Pann – între spiritul balcanic şi mirajul Europei, Bucharest: Editura Ager, 2005.
• Pr. dr. Zaharia Matei, Profesorul, protopsaltul și compozitorul Anton Pann, Bucharest: Editura Basilica, 2014.

Links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Pann
• http://ghidulmuzeelor.cimec.ro/iden.asp?k=645
• http://www.crestinortodox.ro/parinti/anton-pann-119001.html